Cyberpunk is the subgenre of Sci-fi video games takes place in the futuristic setting that tends to revolve around a combination of high tech and low life. These games introduce scientific achievements and advanced technologies such as Cybernetics and AI (Artificial Intelligence). The plot of the Cyberpunk games revolve around conflict among hackers, artificial intelligence and megacorporation, and takes place in the near-future Earth, rather than in the galactic vistas or far-future settings. Cyberpunk theses are hugely visible in manga and anime. One of the prototype characters of cyberpunk genre is Case, a brilliant hacker who has betrayed his criminal partner. Like Case, there are many cyberpunk protagonists are explored, placed in the situation where they have no choice, they just fulfil the tasks to progress through the game and take the revenge from the enemies. The cyberpunk games are played from either a first-person or a third-person perspective. The player assumes the protagonist’s role and uses a variety of advanced weapons to battle foes.

12 Best Cyberpunk Games on Steam

#1 Deus Ex

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Deus Ex is an Epic Cyberpunk Action-RPG (Role Playing Game) and FPS (First Person Shooter) and Stealth video game, developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive in collaboration with Aspyre and Square Enix. With Unreal Engine 1, this game is available to play on PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Cloud OnLive. The game is set in an apocalyptic era in the year 2052, and features UN’s Anti-Terrorist Special Task Force agent JC Denton as the protagonist. JC Denton sets out to fight against the notoriously dangerous and mighty terrorist organizations prevalent in a world that is almost going to collapse. Denton being entwined deep into the world of ancient conspiracy, fights against the terrorist organizations such as Hong Kong Triads, Illuminati and Majestic 12 as he further paces into the game. With the bestselling sequel of the game, Deus Ex: Invisible War and a prequel named as Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Deus Ex have sold over 2 million copies worldwide till date. Deus Ex offers a fantastic Story-driven gameplay, great visuals and game mechanics. Do give it a try, you’ll love it.

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#2 Shadowrun: Dragonfall

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Shadowrun: Dragonfall is a super engaging Action-Adventure, Cyberpunk-RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Harebrained Schemes. This epic game provides with an amazing strategy based game-play that lets you experience a wonderful mix up of all the above mentioned elements. The game is about the return of the dark magic that unleashed powerful mythical creatures and among them was the one mighty Dragon named as Feuerschwinge who emerged from the mountains of Germany and brought heavy destruction and chaos with it. German Forces kept on fighting off the Feuerschwinge and after four months of heavy fights and destruction they finally shot it down and that was called The Dragonfall. Years later in 2054, Germany becomes the hub of tech and the population is now doubled as the Elves and Trolls have joined the populace, giant corporations have corrupted the Govts. and now Germany is in the control of Flux State after the heavy anarchy and chaos. With a lot of new threats and you as a Shadow Runner, the Flux State hires you to go against the re-surfacing Feuerschwinge, eliminate it and restore the order. Would you accept the challenge? Shadowrun: Dragonfall offers brilliant realistic visauls and sounds, a well-written story and an immersive game-play tho enjoy.

#3 Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut

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Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut is an amazing Cyberpunk RPG, Indie and Strategy video game by Harebrained Schemes. The game is loaded with redesigned interface, enhanced graphical world and upgraded combat system with cRPG experience. You can explore the game world by commanding your team of NPCs to assist you in different combats to complete the quests. You are allowed to enjoy turn based tactical combats to fight wisely with more than 200 spells and weapons to get rid of your enemies. You will experience melee combat along with long range fights using different spells and weapons. You will love 5 all-new missions included in redesigned interface to give more fun of the game play. Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut is a superb game to enjoy with upgraded combats.

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#4 Shadowrun: Hong Kong

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Shadowrun: Hong Kong is an amazing Hack and Slash, RPG and Action-Adventure video game by Harebrained Schemes. This game is loaded with superb 3D characters to give massive attraction towards its brilliant game play. The game is set in the era of 2056. You will experience the superb Cyberpunk game play. You have to take the control of the city by going through different combats. The combats in this game are strategic and turn based. You will get different upgrades for improving the skills, abilities and more unique spells to have more epic combats at every stage of the game. Shadowrun: Hong Kong is a great game to play and enjoy. Shadowrun: Hong Kong offers beautiful scenarios and visuals, amazingly addictive gameplay and quite fantastic visuals to enjoy. Do try it out, it’s fun to play and enjoy.

#5 Gemini Rue

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Gemini Rue is a Graphic-Adventure, Interactive Drama and Cyberpunk video game developed by Wadjet Eye Games. The story of the game bases on point-and-Click Puzzles and investigations and lets you explore the game world, interact with NPCs, collect clues and objects and engage in quite exciting Gun-play. The game takes place in the Gemini Star System in 23rd century and allows you to get into the character of Azriel Odin a gangster turned Law Enforcer. You must ride in your ship and travel to Barracus in search of your brother Daniel kidnapped by Boryokudan a terrorist organization. You must also collect the clues and objects pointing in the direction of your brother’s current location. You will be required to get information from the NPCs and solve some puzzles in order to find answers to the questions you have. As Matthius Howard will be your companion throughout your journeys, you can get help from him on specific points in the game by exchanging your place with him. You must eliminate the Syndicate too and save the whole universe along with your brother. Gemini Rue is a great Graphic-Adventure and interactive Drama based video game to play and enjoy. You should totally give it a try.

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#6 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure

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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is one of the best games of Adventure, Film Noir and Interactive drama genre. The game is developed by Big Finish Games and takes you to a Quasi Dystopian setting of Post-World War III Era in the year 2050. You get to play as the protagonist Tex Murphy, an honest and good nature private investigator who loves to smoke cigarettes, drink a lot of bourbon” and get into trouble a lot. The story of the game kicks off with Tex’s disoriented awakening at his office in Ritz Hotel with a lot of markings and strange writings all over his body but no memory of his past. He remembers after a huge amount of struggle that Chelsea, His friend is missing since the brutal attack and is presumed dead. He sets out to investigate about what really happened to him, where is he now and to regain his lost memories. In his quest, Tex opens up a Pandora box of countless murders, double crosses and lost inventions of Nikola Tesla. You as the protagonist will have to investigate all the cases by solving various puzzles, interrogate the suspects, collect clues and evidence and find the lost and hidden inventions of Tesla. Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is a great Action-Adventure, Film Noir and an intriguing video game to play and enjoy. This wonderful game offers amazingly ultra-realistic graphics, First person 3D environment, Cyberpunk theme, multiple and Unique game endings, great stories and a lot of other exciting things. Do try it out, Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is a fun game to play and enjoy.

#7 Hackmud

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Hackmud is a Massively Multiplayer Online, Role-playing, and Hacking Simulation with Puzzle elements developed and published by Drizzly Bear. It combines the elements of Cyberpunk-themed, Text-based, and Complex Puzzles and offers an exciting gameplay. You can take on the role of the protagonist, who is a hacker and his primary job is to hack multiple servers to earn money. The game allows you use real-world hacking skills such as social engineering, research, cracking and scripting, etc. to fulfill your objectives. In the game, you can create and destroy your digital empires while navigating the user-created world. Make strategy, and before hacking a system, you have to scan to confirm which type of security software the computers are using and then match and take down the systems. Show off your hacking abilities and become the world’s best hacker. Hackmud offers core features such as Explore the depth of Internet Cyber Structure, a series of Levels, Complete Digital Jobs, Text-based Gameplay and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#8 Cradle

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Cradle developed and published by Flying Café for Semianimals is an Action-Adventure, First-person Perspective, and Single-player video game with Puzzle and Sci-fi elements. It takes place in the cyberpunk-themed world and casts the player in the role of the female protagonist who must explore the environment surrounding her. The story of the game centers on the relationship between the protagonist and a mechanical girl, who found themselves in the middle of the desert. The primary objective of the player is to find spread parts of his mechanics companion and repair to solve the mystery about it. It features open world full of challenges, unique creatures, and challenging tasks. The game offers nonlinear storyline and gameplay, in which the player can interact with non-player characters to complete quests and earn points to unlock additional content to enjoy. During the gameplay, the player engages himself or herself in first-person exploration experience. Cradle offers core features such as Exquisite Soundtrack, Immersive Story, Communication with NPCs, Interactive Environment, Open World and more. Check out the game and have fun.

#9 Frozen Synapse

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Frozen Synapse published and developed by Mode 7 Games is a Single-player and Multiplayer Turn-based Tactics video game. The game offers a stunning Dystopian Cyberpunk and puts the player in charge of a small team of combatants. The task of the player is to manipulate the world, plan his move, and lead his team and effort to eliminate the enemy units to win the level. It has multiple modes such as Online Multiplayer, Skirmish and a Single-player Campaign. The player assumes the role of the protagonist, a commander and must battle against the corporate government which has used his resources to threaten the humanity. The primary task is most Single-player campaign is to remove the opposing team, protect his squad and complete a variety of missions to win points. There are up to fifteen achievements to unlock, and the game offers prominent features such as 5 Challenging Modes, Skirmish Generator, Procedurally Generated and Hand-crafted Content, Original Soundtrack, and more. With brilliant gameplay, smooth controls, and addictive graphics, Frozen Synapse developed is the wonderful game as compared to other Turn-based Tactics games.

#10 JYDGE

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JYDGE serves as the spin-off to Neon Chrome and revolves around Twin-stick Shooter elements developed and published by 10tons. In the game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist named as JYDGE, law enforce, whose ultimate task is to clean the dystopic and cyberpunk-themed city of crime. The player explores the environment from a top-down perspective with a task to eliminate the enemies and save the hostages around twenty challenging levels of increasing difficulty. The game takes place in the dystopian city of Edenbyrg, where the player acts as the enforcer. It offers destructible environments that let the player breach the room by smashing down a wall. During the gameplay, the player can customize and upgrade the protagonist using points obtained while playing through the stages. New power-ups and upgrades are unlocked by getting medals from accomplishing the tasks and objectives of each level. The player can play alone or with friends in two-player co-op mode. With addictive gameplay, smooth controls, and lush environment, JYDGE is the best game to play and enjoy.

#11 NeuroVoider

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NeuroVoider is an Action Role-playing, 2D Cyberpunk-themed, Twin Stick Shooter, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Playing Oak Games and published by Playdius. The game takes place in the stunning environment full of enemies, monsters and their bosses. According to the story, the evil robots spread chaos around the globe and struggle to take over it. You as the hero must explore the land from a top-down perspective and battle against foes using wielded weapons and score the points. Lots of levels available and you have to accomplish each one to become the master. Play alone in Single-player mode or team up with four players in immerse yourself in team-based experience. It has up to 8736 unique enemies available in action-packed gameplay. As the game progresses, it becomes tough to play. NeuroVoider includes core features such as Top-down Shooting, Randomly Generated World, Loot, Massive Boss Battles, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#12 Ricochet

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Ricochet is an Action-Adventure, Platform, First-person Perspective and Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Valve for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the cyberpunk-themed settings and introduces a variety of characters. To get into the futuristic world, the player needs to choose his character from available and jump into the world where he has to battle against other players or non-player characters in 1-on-1 matches or team matches in futuristic arenas. Each character in the game has its unique play style, personality, and abilities. The player can explore the world from a first-person perspective and can jump from platform to platform while avoiding to fall down. The game will end if the player hits by another player or non-player characters. Ricochet offers prominent features such as a variety of Levels, Platformer Gameplay, challenging Enemies and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.